Comments on: The Parian District of Cebu City…

By: Feliciano Espina

Feliciano Espina — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:30:47 +0000

hi! i am feliciano espina. my lolo donato espina was former fireman at parian fire station.
He was born & grown in that place. His father was the late Don Faustino Espina, a naval architect & a ship captain.

By: kennanwynnvalle

kennanwynnvalle — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:36:48 +0000

maka relate judko ani nga blog site infact i was one of the descendants of those 28 elite families of old parian cebu by my paternal side the VALLE clans of cebu by Don isidro valle of spanish and chinese descent lineage.

By: rg

rg — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:14:52 +0000

re 9 – jr, you may wish to visit “remembrances of things gone awry, families of old binan”.
re 15 – chuchi, this blog, covers many subjects eg families of old sta cruz, quiapo, binondo, among others. many interesting subjects

By: chuchi new jersey

chuchi new jersey — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:43:25 +0000

MM, greetings!

i’m always happy to read about people’s interest in their genealogy. my avocation includes philippine genealogy. if interested to trace your ancestors, maybe i could help you. simply forward your ancestors’ names. i have helped many kababayans in preparing their family trees. if you have further privacy concerns, my main reference is lucy miller who was a classmate. in fact, she acknowledged me in her book under my formal first name. and oh, i co-wrote our family genealogy book “honorato & ciriaca arguelles quisumbing.” you can google it in the national library website.

By: sha

sha — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:49:33 +0000

miss Cebu… am on 3rd month of work no days off .. yet… hello from sardinia

By: Footloose

Footloose — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:19:07 +0000

Anyone visiting Cebu and interested in how the interior of those houses depicted in the first photo looks like can go and explore Casa Gorrordo. Not as grand and imposing perhaps as the Casa Manila restoration that benefited from Imelda largesse but nevertheless capable of transporting you back to an era before indoor plumbing. Quite inapposite in an otherwise well-appointed middle-class residence is the bath with split bamboo (as in batalan) drain/flooring. The sala floor though is impressive with its alternation of dark and light hardwood planks and the capiz for the sash windows are of a size that can hardly be found nowadays.

By: fried-neurons

fried-neurons — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:23:54 +0000

Years ago, when I first started reading your blog, and you were much more fiercely protective of your anonymity, I thought that maybe you were an Aboitiz. I formed that theory based on your Cebu-related posts and other tidbits here and there. :)

By: marissewalangkaparis

marissewalangkaparis — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:41:35 +0000

My father in law belongs to the Veloso clan…you probably see one another at reunions…he is now 87 but stays in Leyte or Canada most of the time…such a big clan…

By: Isa Garchitorena

Isa Garchitorena — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:33:52 +0000

I just learned from researching an above comment that my paternal grandfather founded a school in legaspi, albay! Maybe our grandparents knew each other way back when? The world is a tiny place, no?

By: Jr

Jr — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:26:47 +0000

MM,

It reminds me of Binan, Laguna were I was born and raised. My mother keeps the family history going by providing us a family tree with a brief history. Our family had been in Binan for many generations. Some of the old colonial homes in the center of town belongs to my maternal side relatives but most of them were either sold or left to rot. I feel sad every time I go home for a visit and found out what happened to some of the homes.

Jr.